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Question: Do we live in a simulation, and if we do, does it matter?
#1
Yes, but we can't do anything about it, so who cares?
 
#2
Yes, and it should be critical to how we view the world
 
#3
No
 
#4
Who knows?
 
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Total Voters: 20

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« on: May 30, 2017, 11:57:28 PM »

--see above--

Personally, I voted "Who knows?" I think it's extremely unlikely, but any theory about the fundamental nature of the universe is nonfalsifiable—that is, impossible to conclusively disprove.
I voted No. Simulation of what? Reality? Then what is reality? We get into a "who created G-d"-style infinite regression.
Some physicists have found possible evidence that the universe is holographic, that we might just be some advanced being's computer game.


I put "who knows?" I don't think so, but really, there's no way to test this and know for sure, at least right now.
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